Boy in the box
Subtitle: the unsolved case of America's unknown child
By: David Stout.
Publisher: Lyons Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Guilford, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 255
ISBN-13: 9781599212692
Subjects: Philadelphia (Pa.). -- Police Dept. -- Biography; Murder -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Case studies; Murder victims -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Identification -- Case studies; Children -- Crimes against -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Case studies; Murder -- Investigation -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Case studies; Cold cases (Criminal investigation) -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Case studies; Police -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Biography
Genres: Case studies.; Biography.
Description: "On February 25, 1957, the nude, badly bruised body of a young boy was found in a cardboard box in trash-strewn woods of north Philadelphia. Posters seeking information on the identity of the "Boy in the Box" dotted teh city and police stations nationwide--but to no avail. In November 1998 the remains were exhumed for DNA analysis, and the boy was reburied as "America's Unknown Child ..." Exploring every theory, profiling a wide array of suspects and informants, and following the national movement to help solve this case, Stout gives readers a compelling, haunting, and unique portrait of a city and a nation impacted by this mysterious crime from the 1950s to today."--Cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.